Michiel Hendrik Cornelis van Niekerk Bester
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Michiel Hendrik Cornelis van Niekerk Bester (1855 - 1932)

Michiel Hendrik Cornelis van Niekerk "Groot Michiel" Bester
Born in Durbanville, Cape Colonymap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 5 May 1880 in Wagonmakers Valley, Wellington, Cape Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , and
Died at age 77 in Maitland, Cape Province, Union of South Africamap
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Biography

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Michiel Hendrik Cornelis van Niekerk Bester is genealogies verbind aan Suid Afrika /is genealogically connected to South Africa
Michiel was born in 1855. He passed away in 1932.

Birth

Date: 17 July 1855[1]

Baptism

Date & Place: 26 August 1855 - Durbanville, Cape Colony [South Africa] [1]
Name: Michiel Hendrik van Niekerk Bester[1]
Parents:
Andries Jakobus Bester
Maria Elizabeth Schikkerling Bester[1]
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Marriage

Date & Place: 5 May 1880 - Wagonmakers Valley, Wellington, Cape Colony [South Africa] [2]
Groom: Michiel Hendrik Cornelus van Niekerk Bester[2]
Bride: Maria Aletta Pienaar (minor)[2]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Source :
    • Baptism Register - "South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6VP6-4WR9 : Wed Oct 25 21:49:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Michiel Hendrik Van Niekerk Bester and Maria Elizabeth Schikkesling  Bester, 26 Aug 1855.
    Seen & added 3 Nov 2023 by André Laubscher
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Source : Seen & added 3 Nov 2023 by André Laubscher
  • Personal recollection; notes in my possession.




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Marriage Michiel H C v N Bester & Maria A Pienaar - 1880
Marriage Michiel H C v N Bester & Maria A Pienaar - 1880


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